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Exeter Advocate, 1915-3-4, Page 3STEAIVIER DACIA CAPTURED Controversy Over Vessel's Transfer to American Register Thus 'Taken Off Hands of Britain to despatch hem f'ariw says': A French cruiser arrested the Ameri- e•an steamer Dacus in the Channel and has taken her to Brest. This• announcement is officially made. The announcement a the capture. of the Dania, which was issued by the Marine Department, gave no details, nor the name of the eruiser' •which took her under arrest. Commenting on the seizure 4f the Dada:the Temps says `'International law does not re- eogr'.ize the purchase by neutrals of 'strips belonging to belligerents with the object of evading the .conse- qu:ences of a state of war: The test ease Which will be submitted to a Brest prize court therefore will be a simple one, but nevertheless it tit ill attract widespread attention. • `'Franee and Great Britain hitherto have adhered so religiously to international contentions that they even have refrained from • a peoe"anmation of an effective block- ade of the German coast. This scruple is no longer justified. In putting herself euteidee of the law Germany gives us a free band. We will not abuse our power. We will award lull einlpeltsatiurr and will centime to respect ueutra•1 pro- perty ro-perty,• The report of the ,arrest of the Dacia ,eatzsed ncr ,surprise in oifieial • cireles at Washingte , for it was known to them some time age that following the seizure of the W l- Ilelanzne by the British Government the French Government had ex- pressed its intention of seizing the Dacia, as soon as she reached the {' Channel. The Dacia was interned at. Port Arthur.. Teras, when she was bought in December by Edward N. Breitrmng, a New leak banker and mine owner. Mr. lereitung obtain- ed American registry for her Kith the eoatssnt of the Vetted States Goverum:nt. and piaeed aboard her an American skipper and crew. She. was taken to Galveston and sailed from that port on January 31 with a cargo of 11„tela reales oaf oration fur Rotterdsnr, the cotton being des- tined for Germany. The Federal ear Rkk Bureau insured the car- gt, cotton being iron-c"ontrabanci, but refused ttl ins;tre the vessel 1mer- seI.f, UNLBLE TO 11111 FRENCII ADVANCE Mickley Loses Heavily- in .ills Eifort t to Maintain ;llis Centre Front. 1 -de patch .from Pari ays: The • details of French advances in Cham- pagne ' hieh here been the feature of War Office tornmunique's for more than a, week, are even mare gratifying than those •previously presented. Apparently •the Ger mans are totally unable to; stem than offensive in that region, although they have brought up heavy rein forcenlents and are losing heavily in their efforts to cheek it. The tommunique, hi a,tldition to telling of the encc uet nr dev'elop- inents in -Champagne, antemeced that the (ermans.e had again born bard:'tl Ithe4cw., throwing sixty shells into the city, :half of •nitieb were directed at the cathedral. This action was followed by aa• heavy be,miibardine•nt of Soics'ons. The 11e1 - glen troops have :also been suceess- •fui in their attacks recently, having eceupie^d a farm on the right bank e'f tlo' 1'ser„ according to the after - neon statement. Tiw French are now masters of about 1,000 feet of trenches taken Friday night 1 r 100 prisoners aid machine, guns. In 13elgiurn c'lench patella occupied a German trench after killing all the German soldiers' holdleg it. Offen a roan who is as good as.his is peer is not much good. .Commands Third Army Corps. General Sir A.rallibeld Hunter, IC,(',13„ a new photograph of whom is ,shown here, is the eommander of the Phird Ariuy (`orp"3 of England. He is a •colonel of the Rept' Lan - easter Regimeute and was in com- mand of the A.lderhot Training Camp. He won the K.C.B. in 1898. He has served with distincetion in the Sudan Expedition, the Nile Ex- pedition. and is !t veteran of the South African war, He was born in 1830. ar Easily Fixed, 'She-- The man I marry met have a fortune equal to urine, • He --Well, make over half of yours to rne. Grain, Cattle and Cheese Prices of These Products in the Leading Markets are Here Recorded 8reastuffs. Toronto, March 2; -Manitoba first Pat - exits. 38 in jute bags; second patents, 57.50; throng bakers', $7,20. Ontario wheat flour, 90 per oent. patents, 36.25 to $6.40, seaboard. Wneat-Manitoba No. 1 Northern, $1.67; No. 2 at $1.63, and No. 3 ab 31,61. Ontario wheat, No. 2, nominal at $1.50 to 31.55. at outside noin Oats --Ontario, 60 to 630, outside, and at 93 Go 6�c, on track, Toronto. Western Can- ada. No. 2, quoted at 71 1-2c, and 1'70. 3 at 48 1-2c, Barley -Good malting grates, 85 to 88c, Outside - .Rye --$1.25, outside. Peas -No. 2 quoted at 31.90 to $2.05, out- side. (horn -No. 2 neve American- 820, all rail, 0 ronto freight. Buckwheat -No. 2 at 85 to 87c, outside. Bract and shorts -Bran, $27 to $28 a.toa. pend shorts at $30. honed oats -Car rots, per bag of 90 lbs„ 33.40 to t3 50,' .Country Produce." Butter -Choice dairy, 25 to 26e: inferior, £0 to 21e; creamery prints, 32 to 33 1-2c;' 40., sold.tis, 30 to 310; farmers' separator, 27 to 200. Eggs -33 to 53.10 for prime and $3,16 to 55.20 for hand-pioked. Honey 601b. tins sell at 12 1-2.c, and 10- 51 . tins at 13b 27o. 1. combs, $3 per dozen, Sind No. 2, $2.40. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 13 to 15c ducks, dressed, 14 to 16e; fowl, 10 to- 110 geese, 14 to 16c; turkeys, dressed, 19 to ^LOos Chooser -17 3-4 to 18c for large, and at 18 to 18 1.4e if-ortwins. • .Potatoes -•Ontario, 65 to 75o per bag club e store, 60o in oar lots. New Brunswioke, ear Tots, 650 !per bag. oe Provisions. W3zolgoaaalera are selling to the de • on the t naming price ert b sir•- h d dry gaited' meats i ls-- i 1d -14 tq. 14 1 20a hams.. mo diem [ 17 . 1.2e' :bevy, 1412 to 15c, breakfast io4oe1. 18too Mc; long cleat bacon, ton , 4.3 1.76; oases, 13 3.4 to 140; becks, plain, el to 210; &peeled, 220; -boneless backs, 2.3 rt* 84c. ren Meat- than Meats -Out of fickle 1 lose ',r� e pickle, c • waked. ; afr^d--fare,.: tube, 11 3.4 to 19.0; ,pails. 12 ad 12 1.4e; compound, tube, 9 3-4 to 10o; pails; i0 •to 10.1.4c. Winnipeg Grain. t,ipeg, March 2.Cash: -Wheat--Ne, DRIVING TURKS FROM. DEFENCES Allies Denny Sn sheet ir'etts and the Fleet P'roeeelts Vp the 5) merilammtelles. A despatch free London seep The Inietbardment of the inner forts of the Dardanelles wee eontinued on ,Saturxlay, twenty ships -partici- pating in the •actaek anti pon;ring storm Of heavy shells into the Turk- ish defenees for severel hours. •The su('zes : of the allied squadron and tree tall of the entrance forts have earned the greatest consternation in Constantinople. . I) espat,ehes from Greek ttud Italia i s,ourees, as well as from Egyptian points tell of a panie in the Ottoman capital, which shill continues unallayed. The Turkislt Cabinet has; already de- eded to transfer the Government to Brouster., in Asia Miner. the ancient capital, to whioh Abdu•1 Hamid and part of time Government fled in the first Balkan War, when the Bulgar- ian and Servian armies got within a short distance •of Constantinople. Many of the inhabitants are already in flight, and are removing their i e- longiegt; to the interior. At five u'eloek Saturday ort•; rimoon the attacking chips belt reached Carophoni lighthouse, near Forts Kilid `.Bathe and Tsanakale. All the forte, on the European sine. of the strait up to that paint Lave now been sileuce•d. British and French flags are flying aver the entrance fails, width arc uceupied by de- taeliments from the fleet, This is the first time in history that a hoe - tile fiat; has flown on the Darda- nelles.. • It •b. un;'.er: cocci that the Turks have stationed 550;000 men along the European Eich* of passage, and that 15,000 are gathered on the Asiatic • side. Statue in :London of Crimean Heroine A despateh from London says: A rtatue of Florence Nightingale was unveiled here on Wednesday. It is the first instance in which a. statue of a woman. :aside froin Royalty, has ibeen erected publicly+in Lon- don. Onaccount of the war there were no ceremonies in oonnection with the unveiling. The figure bears a land] in the right hand. It forms a part of the Crimean mem- orial group in Waterloo Plaee, the cost of which was provided for by small ,subsc•riptious, largely from nurses, soldiers and sailors. --- Ma bel --So ,Mabel--'So you and Jack don't speak. What's the trouble 2`° Mar- jory- **We had a dreadful quarrel about Which loved the other most." RUSSIANS WIN FIERCE BATTLE F clay in Full Plight After Being Twice.- Driven Prom Przasnysz. A despatch from London say Word from. Petrograd states that the Grand Duke Nicholas., having re-established his lines on the rivers and fortified towns of Po- land, has turned and struck, and raiw from the Niemen to the Vistula the Germans are reported retreat - int; in the face of the reinvigorated armies af' the Czar. Tile retreat is extending, and in some plae;ea it is a flight in disorder. It appears that the capture of the town of Przasnysz, 50 miles northi of Warsaw, represented the high water mark of the German invasion. >~oeording to the Russian official statements Przasnysz was wrested front .the Germans on Friday, who came back with reinforcements and again entered the town, only to be driven out for a, second time after a furious battle lasting all day Saturday. Great quantities of war eta Fr"el were €eeured by the Rats- ,ans ern the occasion of their first neiupation of the place, while at their second entry, the official re- port says, "the German defenders in large numbers laid down their Armes' Ireportant.progrer_ by the Rus- e forces is announeed in other notions el the front. Wounded' and ceevoys were abandoned by the Germans in their retreat from sev- eral places. 1'.S. TO STARVE :NATIONS. :+kitten Or Bill Introduced its the 'louse -A General. Embargo. A despatch from Washington says: Word for word with the text! employed by the act of June 4, 1794, by which all trade with Europe was stopped by the United States. Re- presentative Stephen G. Porter of !, Pennsylvania introduced a. hill au- thorizing the President to declare an embargo between this country and the warring nations. The measure, if it becomes a law, will enable the Chief Executive to forbicl the commercial activities of all ships in the foreign trade, l Should an embargo be declared, however, it is specifically termi- nated by a provision of the measure fifteen <lays aster the convening of the next session of Congress. "Congress should not adjourn, said Mr. Porter, "without placing in the hands of the President every possible assistance with which to meet the eomplications as they arise," FOURTEEN SHIPS ASE LOST Alarm Caused by German "Blockade" Threat Has Disappeared Even in Scandinavian Countries A despateh from London says: The eleventh day of the German "blockade" of the British Isles brought news of the destruction of one more mercantile vessel, making a 'Vasal of fourteen ships of British and neutral nationality souk or damaged by mines or torpedoes in the first week of the submarine war- fare, which began on February 18. The latest victim of a submarine was a small British coasting steam- "-' er, the Western Coast, which went down in the dangerous zone off Beachy Head in the English Chan- nel. All of her crew were saved and landed at Plymouth. Fifteen members of the crew of the Dept- ford, sunk off Scarboroughin the North Sea, ..were :landed et South Shields. The engineer of the ship says be was al, his post when an ex- plosion broke the ship in half. He was thrown down and stunned, but managed to reach the deck and get into a lifeboat. Some of the crew say they 'saw the wake of a sub- marine afterwards. They 'spent some hours in a :small boat during a violent snowstorm and were nearly when theyreached land frozen n ac1e e On the Way • lley passed a,steamship, which paid no attention to their signals., . Later the steemer Fulgens picked them up. 1 Northern. $1.531-4 No. 2 Northern. 31.51 1-2: No. 3 Northern, 31.47 3-4: No. 4; $1.43 3-4: No, 5, 51.39 1-4; N. 6, $1.35 1-4; feed, 31.31. Oats --No. 2 CW., 641.8c; NO. 3 U.W., 611.8c extra No. 1 feed, 61c• No. 1 feed, 60e; No. 2 feed, 59e. Barley -No. 3, 76c; No. 1 N W.C., 31,61; No. 6,0.W. $1.58. Montreal Markets. Montreal, March 2.-Corn-•Awerican No. 2 yellow,: 84 to 85o. Oats -Canadian West- ern, No. 2, 721-2c; do., No. 3, 69 1-2c; ex- tra No. 1 feed, 69 1.2c; No. 2 local 'white, 66c: No. 3 local white, 65e; No. 4 local white, 64c. Barley --Manitoba feed, 79 to 80c; malting, 98o to 31. Buckwheat, No. 2, 98o to 31. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $8,10; seconds, 37.60; strong bakers', $7.40; Winter patents, choice, $8.30; straight rollers, $7.80 to $8: do., bags, $33.70 to 33.30. 'Rolled oats - able., 37.25; bags,- 90 lbs., $3.50. Bran, 327. Shorts, $29 biitldhnge, 333. Mouillie, 334 to $37.. Ffay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $18 oto 319. Cheese -Finest, westerns. 171 4 to 1712c; finest easterns, 17 to 1714c, Butter C.hokest creamery, 32 to 3212e; seconds. Si to 311.2o. Eggs --Fresh. 35c; selected, 28c; No. 1 stock, 37c; No. 2•stock, 24e. potatoes ''Der bag, 'car lots„ 50. to 62 1-20. United States Markets. bfi i a li n re po s. March r h 2.-1Vhedt--N'o: 1 hard. 51,515-8. No, 1 Northern 31:471.8 to $1.51 18; 'No. 2 ',Northern, 31:43 1-8 Go $1.41k5-8 Map $1.471.8. Corn -74o, 3 yta• lone, 68.3.4';to 69e. Oate-No. 3 .white, 53 3.4 to 54e. Flour unhinged. Bran, $23: ,.• Duluth, 'March 2.--Wheat-No: 1 hard, $1.5212: No. 1 Northern, 31.611.2; No. 2 Northern, . 31.47 1-2 to • 31.49 1-2; May, 31.50 1.2: 'Lime Stock Markets. , Toronto. 14faroh 2.-A few odd steers brought .$7.80 per hundredweight, ;M:ediam to gcod, 36.50 to 37.25. 'Top cows sold at $5.75 to $6,25. the bulk, which were good, brought $5.50 to 35.75. Canners, $3.90 toe $4.35 and cutters, 34.25 to 35. For stockers„ 800 to 900 pounds, 55.75 to $6.35 •was paid. Medium• to good brought 35.25 ,to 25.75. btilkere steady at 370 to 390 for.good to ohole° and 350 to 3370, for medium: Sheep and'lambe were firm, Swine, fed and wa.. toted, 37.75,-;$7.90 was paid oft ears, and $7.40, f.o.b.country points.. Montreal` March 2. Best cattle `sold at about 7 1-4o:. and from that, down to 6o for medi'u'm and .froyn 4 3-4 to 5 3-40 for the common. Cows, $g40; to $80; Gheep, :> to 6 1-34; laeube, 8 1-4 :to 8 1-2,e; hogs, 8 1.4 to 8 3.80. The Western Coast was sunk on Friday •afternoon much in the seine manner as the Deptford. All of her crew were saved and were landed in Plymouth Thursday morning. The vessel was a small coasting steamer. While eight British ships have been destroyed in the week that the blockade has been in force, it is pointed out that they are for the most part small vessels and that the majority of them, instead of having food for this country, were either in ballast or carrying coal or other freight for neutral countries. It is believed here, a1,sa, that the destruction of neutral • ships and cargoes will embroil Germany with neutral countries, and that in the long run the losses which the •allies will suffer will be more than offset by the anger aroused en the part of neutrals and the possible refusal of countries, such as No•reray to allow goods to be shipped from their ports to Germany. A Stockholm despatch says :. In shipping ciroles.the alarm .eaused by t;he German blockade threat has al- most' disa ,eared. The regular ular ppg lines from tike west coast of Sweden to England have resumed sailing and mail boats are being despatch- ed as usual. SEQUESTRATE ALL PROPERTIES Banl , Shops, Factories and Other Enterprises to Be Turned Over to Subjects of the Kaiser A despatch from Berne, Switzer- land, wit er-land, reports en announcement by. , the'Wolff Agency (m official Ger- man news agency) that Germany is to turn allbusiness eit enterprises ruses in Belgium over to her own subjects 'I1id� '•aalnounceinent ,isthat at Briis,sels Gen. von Bissin ` the military governor, has direetect the sequestrating of btis_iress enter- prises .iii, the kingdom, owned by,. and 'those. of leer ally, Austria, ia, subjects •oi• citizens of basions wiitib hieli G�e.rman • is at tear. The ef- fect of this will be to close alt banks, shops, factories and other business enterprises conducted by. Belgians evert in Brussels itself, where the Germans have never been. opposed it will affect the business• of Antaterp and other cities, in 'a similar way: It will serve shortly- . to �iA;Crea..r;a vastly the number o. persons dependent upon the outside world for. subsistence. PLT 12 BEFIICE But the Trio of Britishers Held Enemy at Bay Till Help Came A despatch from London says: "All the ground near the front line is plowed up with shells and fur- rowed with the remains of old trenches and graves, The whole Place is a vast eeumetery, in whieh our trenches and those of the enemy wind in every direction. "This statement is made by the British official "eye -witness at the front in a description given out of the recent battles south-east of Ypres and of the country in which the armies are fighting. "In a. sheltered spot there is a, little graveyard where some of our own dead have been buried. Their graves have been ea.refully remarked and a, rough square of bricks has been placed around them. In front of tho trenches Germae bodies still lie thick, "At one point of the briekfielda re eutly some thirty hien tried to rush our line. At their head was a }dung German officer, who carve en gallantly waving his sword, Ile almost reached the barbed wire and then fell dead, and holies there yet with his sword in his hand and all. his thirty men about him, "It is the• same all along the front in this quarter. Everywhere, still, grey figures eon be seen lying, sometimes several rows together, and sometimes singly or in twos or threes. "This deseriptien mightserve with a few minor alterations for many of the localities along our front where the fighting bas eentredi around, some wood, a village„ttr line of trenches. It is as if each load' been swept by a withering blast be- fore which every object, whether a work of nature or of man, had crumbled into rains or become twisted and deformed, even the very round itself looks as if it bad been • . shaken by a violent eona'uision of nature. "To the south of the Ypres-Conm- fues Canal the ground, although there are some ena:losures, is com- paratively open. To the north of it, however, there are many woods, and these have become a tangle of fallen trees interspersed with shell ere- ters. To acid to the hardships of such fighting the troops have be -en attacking on ground in which the men sink up to their knees in mud." "Despite all theFe drawbacks " 1 continues the observer, "eounter- R attacks have been carried out with aueli resolution that in nearly all ( cases the original line has been re- gained, "Ism one trench, which became in the course of the fighting more or less isolated, 40 of our men contin- ued to hold firm until every one of theme had been either killed or wounded. Eventually there were only three left who were capable of firing, and these three continued to hold the eneot al, bay. In the meantime word was brought to those in the rear that their ammu- nition WAS nearly exlia.usted, and seven MOB, the strongest available, were selet:ted to bring up as ruttelm ammunition a' they could carry. These latter found the three wound- ed survivors still standing amid tha bodies of their dead and disabled eomamrades ant still firing steadily. The support, slender as it was, came in tame nick of time, for at that mo- ment the Germans launched an- other assault which. like the pret-i ous ones, was heater. off and time poeitiuti was saved. ZIPS 110 STOPALL SHIPPING Neutral Countries Have Been Advised of the An- swer to Germany's Submarines A despatch from London says: Great Britain, Franee and their allies have advised neutral coun- tries that tliey hold themselte$ at liberty to stop all shipping to and from Germany and the, countries of her allies. The text of the: d'elara-' tion sets forth that this, decision is necessary because of German sub- marine attacks, but that Great Bri- tain and Prance will respect the lives of crews and passengers, ;r any step they may take, The declaration is not a reply to the American representations leek- ing to a cessation of German sub- marine activity oatd tlmt atlnlisaic�n t,r feud to Germany err vie deans. The declaration will not uffeet eam•- gie s shipped before the date of th's advise to neutrals.. No special articles L'f o.nunel'ee will be mentioned in the British- Fren:'la declaration. ('t+ttetm and, feedstuffs, for example. will net he spes'ified, but the kerma will be gee. eras. The ai`uatiun ereateel ell be entirely justified, aor:ording to t.tl:. I;nttli lm tiew, because of Gala -env 's tutl,reeedent:wl ration in attempt ing a suhnmarimme blockade regardless of danger to the;VOWS and pa. ertgels •it ships. • Vann Two-thirds Enlist In English Colleges A despatch from London says : To what extent university students in England are showing their patriot- ism by responding to the call to the colors was indicated on Tuesday when Sir John Simon introduced a bill in Parliament giving emergency financial powers to the universities on account of their sudden less of revenue. It was stated that many colleges were being used as military establishments or for billeting, anti about two-thirds of the students in Oxford and Cambridge had enlist- ed. The majority of the students re- maining in residence are unfit for service. All Cereal Stocks • Seized by Austria A. despatch from Vienna says : The Government has taken over ell stocks of rye, barley, maize and flour products. The distribution of bread wiill;be undertaken ir1 vari- G 1, RM A N I'. '1'4) SEEK PEACE. lnformation Claimed by Copen- hagen Correspondent. A despatch to the Lenden Daily Telegraph front Copenhagen irbys : It is learned from a source inii- mately ,connected with the German (General Staff that Germany intends to start peace negotiations in about two months. According to a spea:ial telegram from Berlin, in the t:onrse of the discussion en the. Budget in the Prussian Diet a member attacked Austria strongly-, saying that Aus- tria, was unable to beat Serbia, and that dissatisfaction eeth Austria's weakness was general. All the members applauded, hut: the official report makes no reference to the incident. S64 German Papers Suspend Publication A despatch from Amsterdam says: Iiignres compiled , y the postal authorities show that since the beginning of the "war '864 Ger. man newspaper;_ have east) e ruled oils districts. publication. FIERCE BATTLE IN SID -AIR Seven German Officers Killed and Two Aeroplanes Shot Down by One British Airmen A despatch ,from London says : in an official statement on Wednesday night the Admiralty ann•ottnees,,thet three of its aviators have been mise ing since the recent joint attack up op . Ostend, Ze•eb.rng;ge, and the Bruges districts. The statement is as follows,: "ln the recent naval air attack upon Ostend,'Leebrugge and the :Bruges d_,slriris .four flying were reported iuissin • officers p g, One of. these,`Lieut: Murray, has, since ins• 1�eporteil self frons. Flu.,bin . biuera 3 - was oonipel'Ied to •alight in. t. eventually s,he .c,pzn sea.'rrf�rl tvaS picked up by a Dutch p torp al boat, The other missing are Lieut. Rigal1, Lieut: Hon, 1). 0 111.• e n end holm :G ens. Spencer. :ft is regretted no °.further news has bon vbtaiead .of them." ' Seven German officers were 't,wo, aat a,eropianas shot doevie , ora a third badly damaged h un Bri- tish airman a•ceordine to at despatch tcs the tl msterdatn •,i y ci here o:: \\lecl nesday. Pursued by German avia- tor^le tein 7hcioatattuF- orl,'.. Belgium, the F rile-li 1Ji;Edaua'r sue,- : .: sea -. ' ceeletin getting above'leithe • despatch stated. He ishot down two of the machines while, .fleeing ti•ltim; them, and hid a 'third, ,,,damaging in • it; so that it had to descend.